Please Keep Praying for Alex's Gee

On Friday morning, Gee woke up in a great deal of pain and couldn't move her leg or get herself out of bed. For some time now, she has had some pain in her side/hip area and her doctor thought it was just a pinched nerve but said she'd keep an eye on it. The pain continued to get worse and so on Friday morning Alex's mom and Geega (Gee's husband) had to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital because they couldn't get her up to take her themselves. Once she arrived, the doctors at Vanderbilt decided to do an MRI and discovered that she had a mass/tumor on her spine that was pushing on her nerves and had cut off function to her bladder. They called for a surgeon to come in and see her and determined that immediate surgery was necessary. About 7pm on Friday night, Gee underwent surgery to remove as much of the mass as they could with it being up next to her spine. Following surgery about 10pm, the doctor came in to talk to us and he seemed pleased with the outcome. He said that he had felt good about what all he had been able to remove and that he was confident that he was able to stitch up the leaking fluid that he found once in there. He just wanted to watch her until at least Monday to make sure he hadn't missed any leaking areas.

Sunday after church, Alex, the kids and I went to visit her and she had been placed in a room and was sitting up in a chair when we arrived. She was looking good and seemed to be feeling fairly well considering what all she had gone through. She has regained full bladder function. The doctor came in today and decided that they wanted to keep her a couple of more days to monitor her a little more and get her up and moving some more prior to sending her home. She still has a little numbness in her foot and so they have her wearing a boot to keep her from dragging it. If she doesn't regain that feeling, then they will have her do some physical therapy to help her with it. So far it is looking pretty positive, but I ask that you continue to pray for Gee and the entire family. She is one tough woman, but she could still use our thoughts and prayers on her behalf.